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coaxing in the world would not get them 

 going. 



Then it was that an order came out 

 that when the load was 180 tons, they 

 must have an assistant engine. Think of 

 an express of 180 tons to-day with two 

 engines! Why, too often a single engine 

 has to tackle three times that weight, and 

 at the same speed as required of the com- 

 pounds. 



Sometimes it was necessary for the men 

 to start a Webb compound with a crowbar 

 in the wheel, and much valuable time was 

 lost. 



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